Margaret is snoozing away after 3 hours of therapy this morning. She is practicing standing, sitting, moving her head and eyes to the left (extremely hard right now) and balancing. She was driving her wheelchair yesterday but almost mowed down a doctor and decided to get even with her sister by pinning her against the wall. Please check the wiki post "margaretinatlanta" for info on visiting, what to bring, parking, etc when visiting. Margaret is still on a pureed diet but is looking around for salmon and octopus. A thick juice such as Naked vegetable and fruit juices she likes and it is a change from the hospital fare. Santa Claus gave her a call last night so he knows where to find her! Her family will most likely start working on her house to make it more wheelchair accessible as soon as we know a bit more next week. If anyone has references for good home care please pass that along. For those who asked about sending cards and gifts her address is:
Margaret Pumper
Room Number 444
C/O Center for Rehabilitation Medicine
1441 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322/
We have a recommendation for home health care that we used for about 1.5 year. They were wonderful. The company is Careminders and the owner is Lisa Reisman, she is a nurse practioner and worked with Lori DeSouter (a mutual friend and pediatrician) prior to opening Careminders which is located in Dunwoody off Mt. Vernon, about a mile from Margaret's home. Another connection is that Lisa's husband, Dr. Reisman is a pediatrician in the practice that Margaret and us use for our kids. Lisa is caring and knowledgeable in so many areas regarding the medical community and available resources. The contact information for Lisa is:
ReplyDeleteLisa M. Reisman, RN, CPNP
1725 Mount Vernon Road
Suite 4
Dunwoody, GA 30338
770.551.9533 Phone
770.551.0302 Fax
lreisman@careminders.com